Is that a Clipper wand, or are you just happy to see me?
@joshchua has issued the following challenge:
this [see image above] is totally possible with a clipper card, amirite? CHALLENGE COMMENCE, FOLKS.
Okay, go!
Month: January 2011
Dress Your Clipper Card Up Like a Fast Pass
As convenient as they may be, the Clipper Card hasn’t won any beauty contests.
Each Clipper Card Holder also features a vintage Muni map, showing various San Francisco ‘hoods and old Muni lines alongside those we know and love. Check ’em out:
These Clipper Card holders are lovingly crafted by Heather L. of Heathered and designed by Suzanne Lagasa.
Get them at the Muni Diaries store today!
Art Therapy, Muni Edition
On a wild Flickr hunt, we came across this painting of the 19-Polk by Andy Stattmiller, an illustrator in the Mission, who has rendered characters on the bus lovingly. Note the sassy fishnet stockings about to step off the back door.
Andy also has a great painting of a packed 49-Van Ness and its stops on his website. Check it out.
Best Place to Practice Meditation in SF is…Muni?
Photo by Ben Morrison, taken on Valencia Street
…those of us who meditate also know how hard it can be carrying that divine relaxation over into the rest of our lives…One super place to practice is on Muni, either while you’re waiting for that bus that feels like it will never come, or when you’re stuck in the tunnel for the umpteenth time. Since riding Muni can be such a stress-inducer, why not turn the situation around and make our city’s fine transportation system your stress-reducer?
Hmmm. Really? The writer sensibly suggests that you first make sure there are no lurkers or drunken passengers around you, then, “surround yourself in a bubble of divine white light, for protection…take a deep breath and let your tension sink into Mother Earth.”
I don’t know about that take a deep breath part, as I suspect that there are many smells you might not want to take in on the bus. Lastly, the writer suggests repeating some favorite mantras inside our heads. For this, I have many ideas:
- Everything is peaceful, no one is fighting about opening the window for some air. No one at all.
- The nice young ladies throwing ham at each other on the bus are celebrating the bounty of the season. Namaste.
- That is not a bull frog at my feet. There are no bull frogs on the bus.
Want more tips and details for meditating on Muni? Read the rest of the Examiner story.
N-Judah Runs Away to the South Bay
Jeremy A. spotted this N-Judah going to the South Bay on the 280. Thanks, Jeremy, for snapping the photo while driving 85 miles per hour. Hey N-Judah, San Francisco is the other way.
Drop your photos of Muni in any habitat in our Muni Photos Flickr pool.
Weekend Photos: Night Train
Photo by Flickr user blarfiejandro
Oh, what am I talking about — Muni is a riotous ride no matter what, and we’ve got some hairy evidence to prove it.
In Muni news this week:
- Gov. Jerry Brown May Rescue Muni (NBC Bay Area)
- Public Transit Funding Slightly Better in Jerry Brown’s Proposed Budget (Streetsblog SF)
- N-Judah Transit Bulb Proposal To Go Before SFMTA Board Next Week (Streetsblog SF)
- Muni Quietly Confirms Delay of Youth & Senior Passes to Clipper (Akit’s Complaint Dept.)
- Phone robberies continue on Muni (SFWeekly/SFist)
- Muni chief Nat Ford: I’m not going anywhere (SFGate)
On Muni Time Capsule this week, we bring you a 1968 photo of a “Muni experimental bus.” Turns out it’s not so mysterious after all, but still, we have some questions that maybe you or a transit buff you know can help answer.
Remember, Monday is MLK day but Muni will operate on its regular weekday schedule. Enjoy these photos and your sunny weekend!
Photo by Jesse Johnson
Photo by Markus Spiering
Photo by Flickr user reidspice
Photo by Flickr user pburnham